Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the early termination of energy contracts for education providers on the basis of assessments made by suppliers of the credit worthiness of those providers.

The Department does not hold information centrally about the status of each education provider’s energy contracts. Schools are autonomous and have the freedom to make their own buying decisions based on individual need and circumstances. Schools should conduct their own risk assessment against the specifics of their own contract with their energy supplier.

​If a school needs help securing an energy contract, more information on buying guidance and procedures for schools is available online at: www.gov.uk/guidance/get-help-buying-for-schools.​​